MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Ted Barrett @ CNN, March 7 (with video)
In a sign of the growing concern about acts of hate against Jewish facilities across the country, all 100 senators sent a letter Tuesday urging "swift action" by federal law enforcement agencies to address the issue.
"We write to underscore the need for swift action with regard to the deeply troubling series of anonymous bomb threats made against Jewish Community Centers (JCCs), Jewish Day Schools, synagogues and other buildings affiliated with Jewish organizations or institutions across the country," said the letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and FBI Director James Comey.The missive cited figures from the Jewish Federations of North America that there have been 98 incidents against JCCs and Jewish Day Schools at 81 locations in 33 states just in the first two months of 2017 [....]